It should also be noted that humans do not apply time-discounting equally over all outcomes and are also risk averse. That’s why I have a hard time to accept arguments against discount rates based on the decisions of some hypothetical agent. Humans are not going to attempt time-travel, because they are risk-averse. Further, time-travel is subject to time-discounting as well. Just because you might be able to turn the clock back doesn’t change anything about your subjective time experience, which is the basis of human time preference.
It should also be noted that humans do not apply time-discounting equally over all outcomes and are also risk averse. That’s why I have a hard time to accept arguments against discount rates based on the decisions of some hypothetical agent. Humans are not going to attempt time-travel, because they are risk-averse. Further, time-travel is subject to time-discounting as well. Just because you might be able to turn the clock back doesn’t change anything about your subjective time experience, which is the basis of human time preference.